One of my most favorite quilting activities is to play with a coordinated fat quarter bundle and see what I can make with it. Back in September I visited a quilt shop in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, and brought home this fun bundle.
Fast forward to this past week, and Carole at From My Carolina Home has been hosting her annual Fall Fortnight event. Along with the placemat blog hop that I participated in, there has also been a quilt-along where Carole made a beautiful 60 inch square quilt in all the fall colors. I knew I wouldn't be making the full project, but wanted to make a few blocks. So I did!
I especially love this star!
Carole's quilt is set on point, but I was running out of background fabric for that, so decided to make a straight set tablerunner by connecting the three blocks I made with sashing and borders out of the golden brown print.
42 x 14
I used up every bit of the golden brown fat quarter, but there's quite a bit of some of the other prints left for a backing and binding. Hopefully I can finish this up quickly because now is the perfect time to use this on the table. Check out Carole's beautifil tablescape with her 60 inch quilt used as the table cloth here!
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Those fabrics play very nicely together.
ReplyDeleteGreat table runner full of memories from your trip. I have some Christmas fabrics (from you!) sitting on my cutting table waiting to be made into something…perhaps a table runner is in order. Gail at the cozy quilter
ReplyDeleteI love the star too, and your fabrics are so fun.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great use of the fat quarter bundle! That golden brown was the perfect fabric to tie your project together!
ReplyDeleteLovely table runner, Diann;))) Cute fabrics in that bundle...nice work..;)))
ReplyDeleteHugs, Julierose
Lovely colorful runner, Diann.
ReplyDeleteAnd now you have a table runner full of wonderful memories!
ReplyDeleteDiann that is so pretty! I love your fabrics. That pumpkin print as center is so cute!
ReplyDeleteOhh Perfect use for that FQ pile!! so cute!!!
ReplyDeleteThe star block is so pretty, and the whole runner looks so good! What a fun way to use that bundle!
ReplyDeleteI like that trio of orange (or is it yellow?) and green
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! And kudos to you for using the FQ bundle so soon. That star block is called Air Castle in several of my quilt books (Judy Hopkins). A nice variation.
ReplyDeleteYour table runner shows off those fabrics really well. Very pretty addition to your autumn decor.
ReplyDeleteOh I love those fabrics! The runner is beautiful and perfect for fall.
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